Jordan condemns seizure of UAE-flagged vessel by Houthis

Jordanian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the act of piracy and the Houthis capturing the vessel under the flag of the fraternal UAE

Amman: Amman condemned the seizure of a cargo ship sailing under the United Arab Emirates flag by the Houthi military, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia said that Houthis had seized a cargo ship carrying medical equipment, which was under the UAE flag, off the Yemeni coast in the south-eastern Sea.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the act of piracy and the Houthis capturing the vessel under the flag of the fraternal UAE, sailing in the vicinity of Al Hudaydah governorate last night, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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The ministry called such actions a threat to the freedom of civil navigation and demanded the immediate release of the captured vessel.

Yemen has been afflicted by the conflict between government forces led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthi Ansar Allah movement for years. The situation was further complicated after Saudi Arabia joined the conflict on the side of Yemen’s government in 2015, launching air, land and sea operations against the Islamist rebel movement.

Houthis have been involved in a large-scale operation against the Yemeni army in Marib since February 2020 to gain control of the province, which is also a political, military, and economic centre.

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